Security Engineer - AI Coding Agent - AI Trainer

Mercor, Inc.

Chicago, IL, United States

about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Part-time (≤ 32 hours)

Experience level

Experienced

Experience required

2 years minimum

Compensation

$176,800.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

indeed.com

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Security Cyber Security Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements) Software Vulnerability Management Software Security

Job description

Use frontier AI coding agents to complete and evaluate complex security engineering tasks.
Review model-generated code and architectures for vulnerabilities and security risks.
Identify bugs, edge cases, and security-related failure modes.
Compare outputs from multiple frontier models to assess strengths and weaknesses.
Apply professional engineering judgment to realistic security engineering scenarios.
Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Security architecture review?, Must-Have

2+ years of professional security engineering experience.
Experience with application security, cloud security, infrastructure security, or vulnerability management.
Regular use of AI coding agents such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, or Gemini CLI.
Ability to identify flaws in model-generated code and architectures.

Preferred

Experience securing production systems.

Benefits & conditions

3.93.9 out of 5 stars Chicago, IL Remote $85 an hour - Part-time

About the company

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.